I am, shall we say, 'Enfield Ignorant'... so I thought I would ask.
I have owned several military Enfields, non-sporterized, of various models and manufactureres, but never got the Enfield 'bug'...
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I am, shall we say, 'Enfield Ignorant'... so I thought I would ask.
I have owned several military Enfields, non-sporterized, of various models and manufactureres, but never got the Enfield 'bug'...
Just keep saying to yourself:
AUCTION, it was an AUCTION...
Go to a live auction some time and watch people pay WAY more than what something is worth, because you have the 'he outbid me,...
IS it possible that the msmatched bands could indicate a re-build at some point? Yes, there were unbdoubtedly many of theose...
even the DCM, where they replaced unserviceable parts of many types...
I have had one of the Optical range finders for the Finnish M55 gun for a while, and now I see them for sale ALL over the place, with wildly ranging prices, (Aparently I got it for a decent price,...
That is a nice lookin' 03, and good pictures!
I would recommend you try cleaning the bore with Balistol. I have had rust that Liquid Wrench wouldd not touch that Balistol got out with little...
I need to remember that one... Two points!
I have a copy of records released by W&S [Webley & Scott Archives] that says:
"26 Manufacture Books .22rf .32 .38 Revolvers (Mark III; Mark III star & Mark IV)
[Line] (9) Mark IV revolvers (1943-...
That is VERU cool! Congratulations! Nice looking rifle, thanks for the pictures.
I have been looking for a decent 1917/P14, but I have only found 'lead' selling for 'gold'. I would not mind finding...
Serial number should be 1918 production, what does it look like? Not to sound ignorant since I am new here, so forgive me, but what is "SRS"?
Uh, don't mean to sound ignorant, but what is "PI", (other than 3.141592653589....)?
Jim is right... broke once, might be broke forever. Without an interior examination for flaws in the steel, even I would not rebuild and shoot that rifle. And I can assure you I have fired some...
I am new here, and I know virtualy nothing about the Ross rifles, however I found this article from the NRA [U.S] dated 2013-05-23, titled "The Ross Rifle in U.S. Service",
by Bruce N. Canfield. If...
Hello, and thank you for inviting me into your home.
I collect... well... 'collect' is not quite accurate... I acquire that which interests me.
My latest acquisition is an 1867 Werndl, and the...